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While many accounts of the Buddha’s life mix legend and history, this compelling new biography discriminates between fact and fiction to reveal Gautama, the remarkable human being behind the myth, and sheds new light on his teachings. Plunging us into the noises, smells and jostling streets of Gautama’s world, Vishvapani Blomfield brings the Buddha to life as a passionate and determined individual - a strikingly modern figure who rejected contemporary beliefs.

The Awakened Indian is the dedicated group with the motive to bring awareness about India's history, culture and heritage. https://awakenedindianin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who will defend Europe? The answer should be obvious: Europe should be able to defend itself. Yet, for decades, most of the continent enjoyed a defense holiday, outsourcing protection to the United States while banking an increasingly illusory 'peace dividend'. Now, after three decades of reducing armed forces and drawing down defense industries, Europe finds itself close to unprotected—while Russia is intent on continuing its war of expansion, and the United States is distracted and divided.

Award-winning civil rights historian Ray Arsenault describes the dramatic story behind Marian Anderson’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial - an early milestone in civil rights history - on the 70th anniversary of her performance. On Easter Sunday 1939, the brilliant vocalist Marian Anderson sang before a throng of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington - an electrifying moment and an underappreciated milestone in civil rights history.

Ever wondered what really happened behind the myths we grew up hearing? Or how a single moment in history changed everything that came after?Welcome to Beat Nomads: History and Myths Awakened - where the past comes alive through the stories that inspired our music.We're Beat Nomads, and we are turning history's most gripping tales into hard-hitting songs. From the tragic romance of Héloïse and Abélard to the defiance of Joan of Arc, from Greek myths like Prometheus and the Danaids to revolutions that shook empires - every track we create starts with a real story that deserves to be ...